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Thomas Ross Whitlock (February 20, 1954 – February 18, 2023) was an American songwriter, best known for co-writing the Academy Award– and Golden Globe–winning song "Take My Breath Away", performed by Berlin from the film Top Gun, with Giorgio Moroder.
Feb 23, 2023 · Tom Whitlock, who co-wrote two songs that helped elevate the 1986 movie “Top Gun” into a pop-culture phenomenon, died on Saturday in Gallatin, Tenn. He was 68. His death was confirmed by...
Feb 24, 2023 · Tom Whitlock, lyricist behind Top Gun hits “Take My Breath Away” and “Danger Zone,” died at 68 on Saturday (Feb. 18). The Oscar-winning songwriter died at a memory care facility in Tennessee, a...
Feb 23, 2023 · Tom Whitlock, who wrote the lyrics for the rock anthem “Danger Zone” and the chart-topping love song “Take My Breath Away” for the original Top Gun, winning an Oscar in the process, has died. He...
Academy Award-winning songwriter Tom Whitlock has died at the age of 68. According to the Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home, Whitlock died on Feb. 18 in Gallatin, Tennessee.
Feb 23, 2023 · Tom Whitlock, who won a Best Song Oscar for co-writing the No. 1 smash ‘Take My Breath Away’ from Top Gun and also wrote the film’s other hit single “Danger Zone,” has died. He was 68.
Feb 23, 2023 · Tom Whitlock, an Oscar-winning songwriter who helped “Top Gun” and its soundtrack soar to the heights of 1980s culture, writing the lyrics for the chart-topping love theme “Take My Breath...
